TY - BOOK AU - Sturkey,William TI - Hattiesburg: an American city in black and white SN - 9780674240667 AV - F349 .H388 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - African Americans KW - Segregation KW - Mississippi KW - Hattiesburg KW - History KW - White people KW - Attitudes KW - Public opinion KW - Civil rights movements KW - Personal narratives KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: People of spirit --; Visionaries --; The bottom rail --; The noble spirit --; A little colony of Mississippians --; Broken promises --; Those who stayed --; Reliance --; Community children --; Salvation --; A rising --; Crying in the wilderness --; When the movement came --; Conclusion: Changes; 2; b N2 - In this rich multigenerational saga of race and family in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, William Sturkey reveals the personal stories behind the men and women who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" against the threat of desegregation, and those who fought to tear it down in the name of justice and racial equality.-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2033573&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -